December 2015

By Mark C. Leffler and Emily Connor Fort click here for part 1, click here for part 2, click here...

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Debtor’s failure to make direct payments to mortgage creditor was material default. Over...

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Multiple causes for dismissal included failure to provide tax returns to trustee within...

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Debtor’s spending of settlement proceeds was material default and cause for dismissal with...

Supreme Court Denies Certiorari In Barton Doctrine Case, Villegas v. Schmidt By John P. Gustafson, Bankruptcy Judge, United States Bankruptcy...

By Jeff Narmore, Attorney Representing Standing Trustee O. Byron Meredith (Savannah, GA) In an unusual Chapter 13 case, the Seventh...

The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari on a Sixth Circuit decision, Sheriff v. Gillie, a FDCPA case which is...

By John P. Gustafson, Bankruptcy Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court (Toledo, OH) The United States Supreme Court denied certiorari on...

From Credit Slips: Initial Attorney Reactions to the New Bankruptcy Forms

By Mark C. Leffler and Emily Connor Fort, Boleman Law Firm click here for part 1, click here for part...